Recent content by Benny's Light

I lived in a country town in NSW for eight years during the 1980s. Most people did not lock doors, and there was little crime. How times have changed. We now have drive-by shootings, home invasions, arson burn outs of homes and businesses. More needs to be done looking into why (big picture...

The fridge at my parent's home lasted for over thirty years, it was a big GE fridge. In my home, our first fridge lasted for over 20 years and was still going when we replaced it buying a larger one that had a ten year warrantee and lasted a few weeks after the expiry of this. After this fridge...

Will try this. We tried the dental sticks from Bell and Bone and our little Pomeranian would lick them and then hide them under his bed. They were a little too big for him to bite. This product maybe a good alternative. Are they available in pet shops like Petbarn or Pet Stock or only on-line?

Flood zoning is very inconsistent. We live near the Georges River and we are classed as a flood zone, even though we live on the higher part of the suburb. If we were to flood half of Sydney would also be under. I can understand the lower parts of the area that often flood being included but the...

So much doom and gloom around - this has now balanced my day - there are so many good things happening in the world that can overshadow all the gloom! We all need to remain positive and value the good in the world!

How sad this is! Our society is a mess. Years ago, when we had banks they moved to be behind glass screened-in counters to deter bank robberies. Maybe this will happen with screened-in checkouts. Seriously, there needs to be some major work done into why this is happening and build strategies...

My parents always taught us to always save up for something that we wanted or needed and to have money in the bank to cover emergencies by putting a little each week into a separate bank account just for those things. This has worked for us. But, with the cost of things today it is becoming more...

My grandmother used to do the same!

Many small country towns do not look like this today. They have many closed and empty shops (especially closed up banks). A much more simpler life that was so community based where everybody knew each other and looked out for each other. Life is very different today.

I lost a lovely 30 year old Bonzi plant from my front porch years ago. Learnt my lesson only to put cheaper less sentimental plants at the front. Theft from the garden of plants shows just what a mess our economy and society is today. It is a sad state of affairs.

I find that these influences have no brain and not very bright. They are a danger to society and influence impressionable minds trying to create an 'unreal' reality. Unfortunately, people are hooked how great they are and represent real life that they can replicate. Pity help us all with these...

This is a very sad time for promoting the literary work of others and supporting 'arts' culture. I used Meanjin when at university and then throughout my career. In an era all about making money and ensuring huge profits; cultural, academic and intellectual publications do not matter as they do...

We had these at the school canteen and they were popular. Our local cake shop has something similar still - it has all the old favourites. Though not good for the heart health though!

Our Australia Post delivery driver is a lovely lady who is an exception - always rings the bell waits and stops for a quick chat. Our postman is the same. The old style customer service with people who like and enjoy their job (something that is falling away now).

The one thing I love about our country is freedom especially freedom of choice! It seems that we as a society are getting very much about 'control' in so many ways. Here is another example.